Most V8 engines don't need sky-high redlines to make serious power. Their displacement handles the heavy lifting, delivering torque without the drama of something like the Ariel Atom's 10,600-RPM ...

Despite a well-received and frankly much-needed mid-cycle refresh of the fifth-generation Ford Mustang in 2009, there remained a lingering sense that the Mustang hadn't quite recaptured the magnetism ...